2 Samuel 15:26
in 2 Samuel 15But if He should say, ‘I do not delight in you,’ then here I am; let Him do to me whatever seems good to Him.”
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
but if he say thus, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him.
KJV
But if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him.
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This verse in 2 Samuel 15
Commentary
5 notes on this verseLet him do - That we may not complain of what is, let us see God's hand in all events. And that we may not be afraid of what shall be, let us see all events in God's hand.
This site's exposition
bearing the ark of the covenant of God
on 2 Samuel 15:24-26
Zadok and the Levites carry the ark out with the fleeing king, the same box Israel once dragged into battle at Aphek to force God's hand, in 1 Samuel 4. David sends it back. His words at verse 25, if I shall find favour in the eyes of the Lord, and his surrender at verse 26, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him, refuse to treat the ark as a guarantee of his throne. Clarke reads the order as reverence for the ark joined to confidence in the God it represents rather than in the box itself.
This site's exposition
whatever seems good to Him
Eli used nearly the same words at 1 Samuel 3:18 when he heard judgment pronounced on his house. John Wesley draws the lesson that seeing God's hand in all events silences complaint, and seeing all events in God's hand quiets fear. David's house, too, is under judgment.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Abiathar was high priest ( 1 Kings ii. 35 ), but Zadok was his assistant, and attended the ark most closely, while Abiathar was active in public business,
But if he thus say, I have no delight in thee,....
The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאִם֙ | veim | and if | H518 → | 1069 times |
| כֹּ֣ה | koh | thus | H3541 → | 577 times |
| יֹאמַ֔ר | yomar | he will say | H559 → | 5305 times |
| לֹ֥א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| חָפַ֖צְתִּי | chafatzti | I delight | H2654 → | 74 times |
| בָּ֑ךְ | bakh | in <the> you | ||
| הִנְנִ֕י | hini | here [am] I | H2005 → | 316 times |
| יַֽעֲשֶׂה־ | yaaseh- | let him do | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| לִּ֕י | li | to <the> me | ||
| כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר | kaasher | just as | H834 → | 5497 times |
| ט֖וֹב | tov | it is good | H2895 → | 45 times |
| בְּעֵינָֽיו׃ ס | beeinav | in view his | H5869 → | 887 times |
וְאִם֙and if
veimH518 →1069 times
כֹּ֣הthus
kohH3541 →577 times
יֹאמַ֔רhe will say
yomarH559 →5305 times
לֹ֥אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
חָפַ֖צְתִּיI delight
chafatztiH2654 →74 times
בָּ֑ךְin <the> you
bakh
הִנְנִ֕יhere [am] I
hiniH2005 →316 times
יַֽעֲשֶׂה־let him do
yaaseh-H6213 →2628 times
לִּ֕יto <the> me
li
כַּאֲשֶׁ֥רjust as
kaasherH834 →5497 times
ט֖וֹבit is good
tovH2895 →45 times
בְּעֵינָֽיו׃ סin view his
beeinavH5869 →887 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Numbers 14:8If the LORD delights in us, He will bring us into this land, a land flowing with milk and honey, and He will give it to us.
it leads to
- 2 Samuel 22:20
He brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me.
- Isaiah 62:4
No longer will you be called Forsaken, nor your land named Desolate; but you will be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for the LORD will take delight in you, and your land will…
- Numbers 13:27
And they gave this account to Moses: “We went into the land to which you sent us, and indeed, it is flowing with milk and honey. Here is some of its fruit!
- Deuteronomy 10:15
Yet the LORD has set His affection on your fathers and loved them. And He has chosen you, their descendants after them, above all the peoples, even to this day.
- Romans 8:31
What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
- 2 Samuel 22:20
Through
1 Kings 10:9Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delighted in you to set you on the throne of Israel. Because of the LORD’s eternal love for Israel, He has made you king to carry…
it leads to
- Psalms 72:2
May he judge Your people with righteousness and Your afflicted with justice.
- 1 Kings 5:7
When Hiram received Solomon’s message, he rejoiced greatly and said, “Blessed be the LORD this day! He has given David a wise son over this great people!”
- Psalms 72:2
Through
2 Samuel 22:20He brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me.
it leads to
- Psalms 31:8
You have not delivered me to the enemy; You have set my feet in the open.
- Psalms 31:8
Where this verse is studied
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About 2 Samuel
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.